Five \Five\ (f[imac]v), n.
1. The number next greater than four, and less than six; five
units or objects.
Five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
--Matt. xxv.
2.
2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Five \Five\, a. [OE. fif, five, AS. f[=i]f, f[=i]fe; akin to D.
vijf, OS. f[=i]f, OHG. finf, funf, G. f["u]nf, Icel. fimm,
Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr.
c['o]ic, L. quinque, Gr. ?, [AE]ol. ?, Skr. pa?can.
[root]303. Cf. Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the
drink, Quinary.]
Four and one added; one more than four.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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